Category: Frank Talk

Both Sides Bled. Only One Side Had the EFCC What Osun actually settled was not who governs Osun. It was the question of what a ruling party in Nigeria may now reach for, and what it costs when the reaching fails. By Ekeh Chidiebebre ebre On the fifth of August, a bank in Osogbo received…

THE VERY NEARLY AVOIDED FOLLY: WHAT THE GUINEA BISSAU COUP SHOULD TEACH NIGERIA By Olaitan Adesina The news of yet another coup in Guinea Bissau arrived with the weariness of a familiar disappointment. Soldiers appeared on national television announcing that they had seized power, suspended the electoral process, shut the borders and assumed control of…

NNAMDI KANU: THE LONG ROAD TO JUSTICE By Olaitan Adesina There are few things slower than the Nigerian justice system. Monday morning traffic on Third Mainland Bridge tries its best, and your local DISCO’s voltage supply also makes a respectable effort, but nothing truly competes with the majestic crawl of our courts when handling politically…

Osun: A cause for concern! By Abiodun Komolafe Osun State is currently in the grip of paralysis, crippled by a malfunctioning government that has turned project management into a farce. A review of recent projects reveals a glaring lack of focus and an alarming managerial ineptitude. Yet, the people of Osun are enduring with remarkable…

WHAT IS A JUST WAR WITH ISRAEL EYES ON WEST BANK? By Mohammed Kabir ILYASU; FIBDFM. Every Nation has a guiding spirit. Israel has “Altruism, Truth, Justice and Peace”. How ironic! Prior to the ongoing war between Israel and Iran, many political pundits suspected that the threat of force, not necessarily one strength that Israel…

A National Embarrassment: The Port Harcourt Refinery Shutdown and the Betrayal of Nigeria’s Trust In a nation where hope is a scarce commodity, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) dangled a rare glimmer before Nigerians in November 2024, proclaiming the triumphant revival of the Port Harcourt Refinery. After years of decay, a $1.5 billion…

AI, illusion, and death of visual truth The whole world is turned upside with Artificial Intelligence Improvisation and simulation gimmicks now the vogue on YouTube and Social Media. Because of that trick what you think you have witnessed with your own eyes are mere simulation or illusion and. fake fashion of what the people behind…

IBB TREATISE: A lesson in Mystery. . Let me begin by saying “If you’re precious to God you’re as important to Satan”. The book lunch “A Journey in Service” has exposed not only the fragility of our political set up but also longstanding dependencies, vulnerabilities, and power dynamics that demand a broader reckoning. The treatise…

FOOD SUFFICIENCY, VALIDATION AND VINDICATION OF Prof Godfrey Nzamujo. It has been said many times that if the motives of our Constitution and the founding Practitioners of our democracy were of the highest standards, it must be said that their grasp of political realities have NOT as yet failed. On this score, I welcome the…

Season of Restoration: Okitipupa Must Shine Again In a time and era like this, when sovereignty after so many moons of palaver, finally returned to local governments in Nigeria, the centre of concentration should be the restoration of life to some towns and villages that were once the centre of commerce and civilization but abandoned…